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Computer Organization & Architecture In which section of an executable would str

ID: 3583780 • Letter: C

Question

Computer Organization & Architecture

In which section of an executable would string literals most likely be stored?

the stack section

the data section

the heap section

the bss section

the text section

What determines the order in which parameters are pushed onto the stack, where return values are located, and who is responsible for cleanup after a function call?

a. the alignment restrictions of the types of the parameters

the calling convention

the function prototype

the compiler optimization flags

the endianness

In which section of memory would a local variable declared in a C function most likely be stored?

a. the stack section

the data section

the heap section

the bss section

the text section

In x86 assembly, which instruction, or sequence of instructions, causes a C function declared to return “int” to return the value 9?

ret 9

int 9

push 9 ret

mov eax, 9 ret

fld 9 ret

In which section of an executable would a global int variable initially holding the number 6 most likely be stored?

the stack section

the data section

the heap section

the bss section

the text section

In which section of an executable would the machine code making up a function be stored?

the stack section

the data section

the heap section

the bss section

the text section

What is the difference between a 32-bit processor and a 64-bit processor?

64-bit processors can perform more calculations per second (thus making them faster) and a 64-bit processor supports more ram (4gb or higher) whereas a 32-bit processor supports a max 3-4gb of memory.

Explanation / Answer

String literal storage is depends on system and mostly stored in data section
If string is normal array type store in read-write data section
If string is pointer type store in read only data section

The control unit is responsible for the data push to stack and clean up the function call

The endienness is the restricted type on parameter alignment

Local variables store in the stack section

ret 9 return the 9 in the int function

Global initialized variable store in the data section

Machine code stores in the text section

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